Holding device for shoe-uppers.



.l. S. HANSEN.

HOLDING DEVICE FOR SHOE UPPERS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14. 1914.

1,182,086. Patented May 9,1916.

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JOHN S. HANSEN, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO 0. A. MILLER TREEING- MACHINE COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, A CORPORATION OF IVIAINE.

HOLDING DEVICE FOR SHOE-UPPERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 9, 1916.

Application filed September 14, 1914. Serial No. 861,586.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN S. HANSEN, a

'citizen of the United States, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Holding Devices for Shoe-Uppers, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to means for holding the leg portion of a shoe upon a shoe tree or similar form in position for treatment in cleaning or in finishing the shoe.

In order that the shoe may be properly treated it is important that the upper be held in close engagement with the tree and retained effectively in position so as to prevent its displacement during the cleaning or finishing operations.

An important feature of this invention resides in means for holding the upper securely in proper position on the tree by clamping pressure. As preferably embodied the invention includes a clamp member yieldingly pressed toward the tree and extending into position to clamp or press the top portion of the upper againstthe tree.

In accordance with further features of the invention the clamping means is so constructed that it may be quickly applied to a shoe or removed therefrom and may be applied in various positions on the tree to accommodate dilferent sizes of shoes; and while located permanently in convenient position for use, the clamp member is readily movable to such position as to offer no obstruction to the operation of mounting a shoe on the tree.

The various features of the invention, including certain details of construction and combinations of parts, will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claims.

The illustrated embodiment of the invention shows the device applied to the upper front portion of a button shoe. It will be understood, however, that although the device is particularly designed and adapted for use with button shoes, the invention is not necessarily thus restricted in its application, and that the device may be arranged and applied for holding the quarters of shoes of various kinds.

In the drawing, which shows in perspective portions of a shoe tree of usual construction with a shoe thereon and the device of the present invention applied to the shoe, 2 indicates the tree leg which may form a permanent attachment to a treeing machine or tree support. Mounted upon the tree leg is a bracket 4 formed as a split clamp in which a rod 6 may be retained in different positions of adjustment lengthwise of the leg. This rod terminates at its end in a boxing 8 having upwardly projecting sides which form a slot in which is received a bar 10, the rod 6 having also a slot or groove in its upper side for receiving the rear portion of the bar, which carries a pin 12 to limit its forward movement with reference to the rod. The members 6 and 8 thus form a support or holder for the bar, and the latter is bent at its front end in the direction of the tree so as to serve as a clamp member for holding a shoe upper upon the tree and is shaped at this end to bear evenly upon the upper without injury to the shoe materials. The clamp member is pressed yieldingly toward the tree by means of a lever 14 which is pivoted between the sides of the boxing 8, and springs 16 connected at one end to pins on the sides of the lever and at their opposite ends to pins that project from a yoke 18 which is secured to the bottom of the boxing 8 and embraces the upper portion of the tree. The lever 14 carries a roller 20 in contact with the clamp member. With this arrangement the clamp member is subject constantly to spring pressure which tends to hold its forward end in engagement with the tree or with a shoe upper thereon, but may be raised or tipped upwardly on its support against the action of the lever 14 and the springs and moved endwise through the slot or guideway to different positions of adjustment.

When not in use the clamp member will be positioned farther to the rear than shown in the drawing so as not to obstruct the operation of placing a shoe upon the tree.

IVhen the upper is in position the operator raises the front end of the clamp member and slides the member forwardly under the roller 20 to bring it to the position shown in the drawing, where the front end of the member is pressing upon the shoe upper torhold it securely in position on the tree. WVhen the shoeis to be removed the clamp member is returned to its former position where it is maintained in readiness for instant use. For different sizes of shoes the clamp member may be moved different distances forwardly with referenceto its support as far as permitted by the pin 12 and for extreme sizes the bar 6 may be adjusted endwise in the bracket 4.

It will be understood that various specific embodiments of the invention are comprehended within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is the following 1. A device of the class described comprising, in combination, a shoe tree, and shoe holding means arranged with refer' ence to the tree to clamp the upper of a shoe between said means and the tree, said means having its shoe engaging portion so formed as to avoid injury to the shoe materials.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of a support on the tree, and clamping means comprising a clamp member extending from said support into position to clamp the upper of a shoe against a portion of the tree, and yielding means on the support for retaining said member in clamping position.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of a support on the tree, and clamping means comprising a clamp member extending from said support along the front of the tree into position to clamp the top front portion of a shoe upper between said member and the tree, said member having its upper engaging portion so formed as to avoid injury to the shoe materials.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of a support on the tree, and clamping means comprising a clamp member extending from said support into position to clamp the top portion of a shoe upper between said member and the tree, said clamp member being adjustable lengthwise of the tree to cause its shoe engaging portion to cooperate with different portions of the tree to clamp the upper.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of supporting means, and clamping means comprising a clamp member mounted on said supporting means and adjustable lengthwise of the tree, said member having a shoe engaging "portion yieldingly pressed toward the tree and extending from said supporting means into position to clamp a shoe upper against the tree.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree,of supporting means, and clamping means comprising '21 ing portion so formed as to avoid injury 4 to the shoe materials, and means for pressing the shoe engaging portion of said member toward the tree.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of a clamp member, and a support for said member, the clamp member being adjustable with reference to said support to cause it to press shoe upper materials into engagement with different portions of the tree.

9. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree constructed and arranged to press the upper of a shoe against the tree, of a clamp member, and a support for said member, the clamp member being adjustable in sliding engagement with said support in directions lengthwise of the tree.

10. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of a clamp member constructed and arranged to clamp a shoe upper on the tree, said member being adjustable lengthwise of the tree, and resilient means for pressing said member toward the tree.

11. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of supporting means, a clamp member extending from said supporting means into position to clamp a shoe upper on the tree, said member being adjustable with reference to the supporting means to different positions over the tree, and resilient means for pressing said member toward the tree in all positions of adjustment of the member.

12. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of a clamp member arranged to clamp the upper of a shoe on the tree, a support for said member constructed to permit the member to slide to different positions with reference thereto, and resilient means on the support for pressing the shoe engaging portion of the clamp member toward the tree.

13. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of a clamp member arranged to clamp the upper of a shoe on the tree, a support for said mem; ber constructed to provide a passageway through which the member is slid'able to different TPOSltlOIlS of adjustment, a retaining member arranged to engage the clamp member in said passageway and to press the shoe engaging portion of said member toward the tree, and resilient means for pressing the retaining member against the clamp member to hold the latter in clamping position.

14. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of a bracket on the tree, a clamp support on said bracket adjustable lengthwise of the tree, a clamp member on the support extending into position to clamp a shoe upper on the tree and movable with reference to the support lengthwise of the tree, and resilient means on the support arranged to press the shoe engaging portion of the clamp member to ward the tree.

15. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of a support having a slideway extending longitudinally of the tree, a bar movable lengthwise in said slideway and provided with a shoe engaging portion, and means arranged to operate upon said bar to press its shoe engaging por' tion toward the tree in any position of adjustment of the bar in the slideway.

16. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of a support having a slideway extending longitudinally of the tree, a bar movable lengthwise in said slideway and provided with a shoe engaging portion, a lever mounted on said support, and yielding means arranged to operate said lever to press the shoe engaging portion of the bar toward the tree in any position of adjustment of the bar in the slideway.

17. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shoe tree, of a clamp member adjustably movable lengthwise of the tree into or out of position to press the top portion of a shoe upper against the tree, and yielding means for pressing the shoe engaging portion of said member constantly toward the tree so as to retain the member in its idle position through engagement of the member with the tree.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN S. HANSEN. Witnesses:

R. M. PACKARD, WILLIAM B. KING.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No 1,182,086, granted May 9, 1916, upon the application of John S. Hansen, of Broekton, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Holding Devices for Shoe-Uppers, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, lines 90-92, claim 9, strike out the phrase commencing with the word constructed and ending with the word treeg same page and claim, line 92, after the word "member insert the Words constructed and arranged to press the upper of a shoe against the tree; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 27th day of June, A. D., 1916.

R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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